Chennai Faces Fresh Rain Alert as Crews Clear Waterlogged Roads
Chennai faced a fresh warning of extremely heavy rain on October 18 while municipal crews worked to clear waterlogging left by the previous night’s downpour. The Regional Meteorological Centre issued a red alert for the 24 hours beginning Sunday afternoon, according to a PTI report carried by DT Next. The report recorded 36 centimetres at Parry’s Corner and 34 centimetres at Kathivakkam in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 a.m. These were readings at individual locations, rather than a uniform rainfall total across the city. Orange alerts also covered neighbouring Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur, as well as Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Theni. The forecast meant that the clearance of earlier flooding did not remove the possibility of renewed disruption. Clearance work and relief The Greater Chennai Corporation said all 22 subways had been cleared and reopened by 6 a.m. It reported no casualties or major accidents and said nine relief centres had been established. Those statements descri...